In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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